'Huge cultural issues' around improving farm safety family say

Offaly man Kieran Byrne sustained severe brain injuries during an incident at the farm of his cousin when he, together with two other men, who all had experience with livestock, were helping to segregate eight bulls

The children and wife of the late Kieran Byrne, from left, Ciaran Byrne, Karen Butler, Patrick Joseph Byrne, Denise Byrne (wife), Darren Byrne and Jason Byrne at Dublin Coroner's Court after the inquest into the death of Kieran Byrne, from Kinnity, Co Offaly, who died after he was knocked over when a bull jumped a fence. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins 

The family of an Offaly man who was killed after being struck by a bull while helping his cousin on a farm four years ago have claimed there are “huge cultural issues” around improving farm safety.

Kieran Byrne, 58, a married father of five from Cadamstown, Kinnity, Co Offaly, sustained severe brain injuries during an incident at the farm of his cousin, Thomas Byrne at Knockbarron, Kinnity, on July 18, 2018.